The Adventures of Fat Yip

Breakfast, Lunch, Workout, Dinner…BAD DREAM!

It was hard to really write last night about my day since nothing out of the ordinary happened…until I went to sleep!

In my dream, I am in a large Home Depot like store with my friend Marc, who works for a company that finances solar projects. He asks if I wanted to man his company’s booth. I then realized that I was at some kind of solar convention. I laughed about it with him and he said it wouldn’t be that hard but then he disappeared completely along with his company’s booth.

I was then left just outside of the turn-styles (this was a solar convention not Disneyland…why the heck are their turn-styles?) and saw that a lady was at a table selling bags of popcorn. I for some reason waited until she wasn’t looking and stole a bag of popcorn and rushed through the turn-style into the convention. Once I got inside I was about to reach into the bag and grab some popcorn when I noticed a few large boxes right when you enter. They were positioned waist level high, perfect to look down and grab stuff. Inside were two separated compartments of…IN N OUT FRIES and SWEET POTATO FRIES (I have no idea where from)!!! I obviously wanted to grab the IN N OUT fries but since I got to the convention late the only remaining stragglers were cold and gross so I went with the sweet potato fries. I put a big handful of them inside of my popcorn bag and continued walking.

I reached in my bag and grabbed the first fry and began lifting it towards my mouth. The instant the deliciousness touched my mouth I realized that I WAS STILL ON MY DIET!!! I didn’t know what to do but it was too late. I couldn’t stop eating the fry since it already touched my mouth. I couldn’t even stop after that first fry since it was just too good and kept eating everything saying to myself that the sweet potato fries were at least the “healthier choice” and plus this was only ONE MEAL that I messed up on. Anyways I felt SUPER GUILTY but said what’s done is done and continued walking through Target (the solar convention turned into a Target after I ate my first fry). Then I woke up after two teenage girls were contemplating between some item I don’t remember.

When I woke up, I still felt that guilt and realized that it was all just a dream and that I was still loyal to my eating plan (I would never cheat on a girl or on my food). I was shocked this was my first encounter with food in my dream in the last 10 days but then realized it was also my first dream that I remembered in probably a month. I knew my mind was trying to tell me something with this dream…I think it’s that one innocent fry (or some other food item) can lead to my demise. It’s all downhill after that first mistake. I know that I have to stay strong and focused. My will power is great but man I can make myself salivate in milliseconds just by saying “burrito” or “burger” (I’m not joking at all).

Day 9 – 171lb/14.6%

Haven’t really lost much weight in the last few days. I think it’s because I’m working out and lifting every day now and I’m probably gaining muscle mass. At least my body fat % has dropped fairly consistently!

-Fat Yip